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Topic: Help with identification of a paperweight (Read 1581 times)

A recent find, this paperweight has gold aventurine at the bottom and linked bubbles similar to those in some of the early Kings Lynn Stennett-Willson paperweights which I have seen. The weight is 2 and 1/4 inches high and 2 inches at its widest with no distinguishing marks and a smooth, flat base. All attempts at identification have failed so far, unless Stennett-Willson made some with the addition of aventurine. Does anyone know? I would be extremely grateful for any help.

Actually, it does looks a lot like some of the Royal Crest paperweights which are around at the moment, some of which have very nice bubbles, like yours. I don't know if any of them have aventurine in though :?

And if I hear one more person tell me how the Perth Conference was so absolutely fantastic I think I'm really going to cry! :x :cry:

Not so fast, folks ... it's not only (many / most) Chinese weights that have a matte ground base :!: We always need to consider all the features to draw a proper conclusion.

Ronnie, can you please confirm that there is aventurine in your weight. From your photo it looks to me like "gold-coloured" chips but not sparkly like aventurine. Perhaps a close-up photo of the chips would be useful.